Arthritis

Arthritis Foundation
The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control, and cure of arthritis and related diseases. The foundation provides grants to researchers to help find a cure, prevention, or better treatment for arthritis. It also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make life with arthritis easier.

Arthritis and Glucosamine Information Center

Health Talk: Rheumatoid Arthritis

American College of Rheumatology
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) provides a full overview of what rheumatoid arthritis is and its causes, treatments, tips for living with RA and a rheumatologist search feature.

Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
The Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center provides a high-quality, interactive, educational program for healthcare professionals about diseases that cause arthritis and their treatments. This Web site focuses primarily on rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis since these diseases serve as prototypes for inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases, respectively.

The Arthritis Source
The Arthritis Source is a part of the University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Web site. Its articles feature information about managing arthritis, medications for arthritis, more than 20 types of arthritic conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, and more.

Mayo Clinic: Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Mayo Clinic provides a full overview of rheumatoid arthritis, comparisons to osteoarthritis, symptoms, risk factors and tips on coping with RA.

MedlinePlus: Rheumatoid Arthritis
MedlinePlus provides health information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and several other trusted resources. MedlinePlus contains a medical encyclopedia as well as a variety of resources on drugs, physicians, hospitals and clinical trials.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
NIAMS leads the federal government's research effort into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of information on research progress to improve public health.